Western Sahara APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Western Gateway APPG?
To promote issues of mutual concern between British MPs and the Western Sahara, and ensure the subject is never far from the political agenda of the UK Parliament.
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Former APPG Members
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Ben Lake
Chair & Registered Contact
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Bowel Cancer , Community Energy , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis
British Gujaratis , Cricket , Dentistry and Oral Health , Land Value Capture , Zimbabwe
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Infrastructure , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Wood Panel Industry
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Council Housing , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , West Papua , Youth Affairs
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Child of the North , Credit Unions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Somaliland , Visual Arts , Yemen
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Dalits
Cuba , Deep Geothermal , Diagnostics , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Greyhound , Hadrian's Wall , Radiotherapy
Lord Davies of Stamford
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Flynn
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 10th October 2018
Mark Williams
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Ceredigion
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Ben Lake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
John Gurr, Western Sahara Campaign, Manora, Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 4AF. Tel: 01974 282 214
Email: coordinator@wsahara.org.uk
No benefits in kind are on record for the Western Sahara APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Western Sahara APPG